A hypothesis of cerebral venous system regulation based on a study of the junction between the cortical bridging veins and the superior sagittal sinus: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1205-1210

  Vignes, Jean Rodolphe ^a   Dagain, Arnaud ^b   Guérin, Jean ^b   Liguoro, Dominique ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bridging veins; Cerebral veins; Histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VEIN; CADAVER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUGULAR VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ACTINS; ADULT; CADAVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 37149009969     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/12/1205     Document Type: Article

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